Johnny High
Basketball Player
1957 – 1987
Who was Johnny High?
Johnny Harold "Sky" High was an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the NBA. He spent four seasons with Phoenix and missed only one game in his first three years.
Born in Birmingham, Alabama, High attended high school at Birmingham's Jones Valley High School. He went on to play college basketball at Lawson State Community College and University of Nevada and was selected by Phoenix in the second round of the 1979 NBA Draft. During an NBA game against Washington on January 28, 1981, High recorded nine steals.
High died in an early-morning automobile accident on June 13, 1987 in Phoenix, Arizona.
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- Born
- Apr 25, 1957
Birmingham - Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Nevada, Reno
- Lawson State Community College
- Lived in
- Birmingham
- Died
- Jun 13, 1987
Phoenix
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on July 23, 2013
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